Improved spittoon foe eaileoad caes



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qLetters Patent No. 68,910, dated Sltfptnzein` 17, 1867. f

IMPBOVED SPIT'I'OON POR RAILROAD GARS.

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T0' ALL WIIOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN VAN DEUSEN, of Troy, in the county ot' Rensselaer, and State of New Yorlr, have invented a new and useful improvement in Railway-Car Spittoon and Igdo hereby declare that the followl ing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, in -which- Figure I is a perspective view of a section of a railway car, showing the application of my improvement. thereto, and i Figure 2 is a vertical sectional vicw of said improvement.

The same letters refer to like parts in each of the said figures. i

My said invention consists in the combination of a tunnel or open-ended cup with a spout oropen-ended spittoon, provided with a swinging or removable cover for its top part, substantially as hereinafter fully-described. This said improved spittoon is placed and secured into and through the car floor, in convenient places or posivtions to the seats thereof, for the use and convenience of passengers therein.` By the said combination of :1.

tunnel or cpen-cnded cup with an open-ended spittoon or spout, provided with a removable cover, dust and dirt are eiectua-lly prevented from passingnp the spittoon or spout into the car, when said' spout is uncovered` 'or opened for use, thereby maintaining cleanliness of cars and eonducing to the comfort of railway passengers,

To enable others skilled in the art of building and fitting of railway cars to `make my invention,`I new proceed to fully describe its construction, application, and arrangement to passenger cars, which is as follows.:

I construct a spout er spit-tube, A, which may be made of cast iron, and of a circular form. The top part of this spout is provided with a flange or rim extending around it, of sufficient width to admit of the said tube or spent being thereby secured to the car Hoor by screws or nails, in manner as shown in the annexed drawing.

The top of this said spout is covered by an cdgewise lr horizontal swinging cover, C, which swings'upon a pin, c. Placed and resting within. this said Vspit-tube or spout A. is a tunnel, This-tunnel prevents dust from getting up through the spit-tube into the car, and also causes the saliva to pass down clear of the spout A. .lhese spit-tubes or spouts, constructed substantially as above described, arc-now arranged in convenient proper positions to the seats of the car. I generally arrange and secure them in position in and through thc car lloor l), about in front of the seats, in such a manner as shown in Hg. 1, that persons using` tobacco and occupying said seats may readily,vby means of their feet, turn or Aswing the cover C` off `the mouthof said spit-tubes, in

v order to use the same, and likcwisc as readily closing them when not requiring their use.

By this invention and manner ot' construction and arrangement, a great convenience is added te railway passenger cars for persons travelling therein7 and by an improvement which occupies no room within the car. it being very nearly ilush with the car loor, it cannot gotloose or he in the way of passengers, 1s not liable to 'get out of order,'and is leasily cleaned, when required, by simply removing the tunnels from the aforesaid spuuts, cleansing and replacing them. v

What l claim as my invention, and desire to :secure by Letters Patent,isi The combinatiim of a tunnel or opcnended cup, B, with an open-ended ,spittoon o'. spout, A, as provided with a movable or .swinging cover, and arranged and secured to and in the carjiloer, in convenient positions to the seats thereof. substantially as andf'or thc purposes herein sot forth.

BENJAMIN VAN DEU'sEN. 

